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According to MacRumors, the latest build of Mac OS X v10.5.6 (9G55) seeded to developers contained no known issues, which suggests 10.5.6 is ready for the public. MacRumors also says Apple started distributing this build internally to more than just the developers. This also suggests that this is the final… Continue Reading »

Apple has issued firmware updates for the unibody notebooks, including MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air. All models have two firmware updates available, EFI and SMC, both of which require system restarts. To get the latest firmwares, launch Software Update from the Apple menu in the top left corner of… Continue Reading »

Today, Parallels announced the availability of their virtualization software Desktop version 4.0. It has a slew of new features, such as Modality, Smart Mount, 64 bit support and Speech Recognition. It’s also said to be 50% faster than version 3.0. You can buy the package for $79.99, or upgrade from… Continue Reading »

iPhone Hellas claims they have reliable information pointing to the scheduled release date for iPhone firmware 2.2. Once we received the following information from the insider and convey to each subject: “The iPhone OS v2.2 will be given in circulation on 21 November’08.” I love Google translate, it adds that… Continue Reading »

As soon as one firmware update is released by Apple, the first thing to do is start waiting for the next one. iPhone 2.1 is great, but no matter what, we’ll always want more. In fact, I can think of one specific feature that’s driving a lot of people crazy…Copy… Continue Reading »

Yesterday, Nvidia paid Gizmodo a visit to spill some more details about the recently released GeForce GPUs that are inside of Apple’s newest MacBooks. They specifically cleared up some of the information floating around about hardware limitations. It seems Apple is being a little conservative about what and how much… Continue Reading »

Hey you know what would be great? If there was a way to play Hulu without going to the website. Or while we’re at it wishing, why not CBS and Comedy Central too? Yeah, that would be great. If only it were possible… Wait what? It is possible? I can… Continue Reading »

The next in my unintentional “Direct from Steve” series deals with the lack of Firewire on the new MacBooks, and what is arguably one of the most important and useful applications on the Mac, Migration Assistant. I first wrote to Steve the following email: I’m sure you are getting tons… Continue Reading »

MacRumors has gotten word that the newest version of the beta for iPhone firmware 2.2 contains more than just bug fixes. The update was marked as “compatibility testing,” and we’re finally finding out just what Apple is testing the compatibility of. Check out the new features after the break. Continue Reading »

iTunes is up to version 8.0.1. The update addresses bug fixes, mainly focused on Genius and VoiceOver for the iPod nano. Apple provides all the details of what this update does right along with the package. iTunes 8.0.1 improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes,… Continue Reading »